The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-02-18

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and those discharged from rendezvous at tho
| close OF the war, If discharged three Iucnths
after enlistment. Under the last call of the
| president for troops. in December, 1864, l ,3u3
men were furnished who were thus discharged.
! The section allowing this pension does, how
ever, require. b side a service OF three months
| and an honorable discharge, that those seeking
The benefit of the act shall be such as "are now
| or may lercaf hr be ssffering from mental or
physical disability not the result OF their own
| pacitates them for tho pelta MANGA Of labor in
such degree as 20 render then: unable to ea4I
asupport aud who are dependent upon their
that such persons shall, upon making proof OF
the fact. be placed on the list OF invalid pei,a
sicners OF the Tnted States and be entitled to
subsistence by daily labor sl2 per month;
sud such pension shall commence from
the date OF the Hing of the publication In tho
pension Office upon proof that the disability chen
| existed and continued during the eStatenca Of
| the same III the degree herein provided; that
persons who are not receiving their pensions un-
| der existing laws, or whose claims are pending
| in the pension Office NAV by application to the
| commissioner OF pensions. In such form "a he
may prescribe. be "beneflciaries under this act :"
| II Is of the utmost Importance that statutes
Which IKE pension laws. should be literally ad :
Ginistered as measures of beneyolence in behalf
1 Of wors!ip hanet'caries. shoald admit of no un-
certainty as to their gsneral objects and conse-
quences Upon careful csGsaQerat!on OF the
language OF The section of the bill above gly EN-, II
seems to me to bp uncertain and liable to such
conflicting constructions ana to he subject to
| such unjust and mschioyous application az to
Iioue furnish sufficient ground for disappearing
the proposed legislation. Persons seeking to OBJ
tain the penaton provided by this section must
be now or hereafter: u, Suffering from mental
or physical disability: i2l such disability Must
not be the result of their own vicious habits or
gross carelessEess: (3) such disability must be
such as incapacitates them for the performance
of labor in sneh dessee a. TO render them
UNABLE TO EARN SUPPORT:
fourth: they must be dependent upon their
daily labor Tor snpport; nth. upon proof Of
these conditions tliey shall lie placed on Inc
lists of invalid pensioners OF the United Statea
aud be entitled to receive for such total ina.
labor Sl2 per month. 1t is not probable that
the words Last quoted, such total inability 10
procure their subsistence by daily labor" At al
qualify tSe conditions prescribed In the pre-
ced'ng language OF the saction The total ina.
biiity" spoken Of must be "slch" inability: that
Is the humility already described and consti-
tmtca h2 the conditions already detailed In the
previous parts Cf si.e seGtion. il thus becomes
Important to consider tiist nsalssg ngd the
scope of these last mentioned conditions The
mental and physical disability spoken Of has q
distinct meaning in the practice of the pension
bureau and includes every impairment Of bodily
or mental strenEth and yigor. For such disa.
btiitjes taere arc now paid ial different rates o
pensions. ranging from 81 to 500 pei
l-tha result Of the applicants vicioui
habits or gross carelessness." Practically this
provision Is not important. The attempt Of the
i government to escape the payment OF pension
j hon such plaa would, of course. In q very large
4 III ns8F traugo but nearly universal vrlipaness
No RsIp Sie iSditi9uai Sd between hiIA aAd shs
puA ffessufy. which goes sery far to Msuse,s
fstSfeM proof in favor Of the clainans
Disability" 'Nust ha sacha